Xiamen's main topography is downland. Near the sea, there is the small plain. Xiamen island and continent is connected by the sea bank. It has a monsoon climate in subtropical zone. The annual average temperature is 20.8oC. The annual precipitation is 1100mm and the black frost period can last 364 days. The sea is very wide and deep. Depending on the sea and the island, the ship can touch here.

The industry here is machine, electron, textile, clothes, food and chemical industry. The output of electron industry and cigarette are in the first place in China. Drink, leather goods, industry arts chemical fibre, electric appliances and instruments are well-known all over the country. The special region covers an area of 131 square kilometers, and it has formed the initial scale. In agriculture, there are grains, peanut, sugar cane, tea and fruits. Xiamen Harbor is the important foreign trade harbor. It has some ocean-going route to some other countries and places, such as Singapore, Japan, Macaw and so on. And passenger ships and cargo ships will go to Hong Kong, Shanghai, Guangzhou and so many other places.

In Xiamen, railway and highway are both convenient, and the airplanes here can take you to some cities in China.